A blog for daily motivational readings for folks like me in recovery from alcoholism and assorted tidbits about what else in going on in the world we live in

Sunday, May 28, 2017

May 28, 2017 - Readings in Recovery: Step by Step

Step by Step

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Today, my character defects in my Fourth and the amends in my Eighth steps are not confined to wrongs of commission but also to my wrongs of omission. With that, my Fourth and Eighth steps, hopefully, will be more honest. My moral inventory and amends I have tried before have focused on things I have done or said, but they have not included my wrongs done by not saying or doing what I should have. Maybe I neglected or refused to return love or support that someone who stood beside me in my darkest days, or maybe I didn't answer someone's call for help. Today, I return to my Fourth and Eighth steps to decide if I owe restitution not for what I did and said, but for what I didn't do and said. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2017